The Union government modified the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022.
It aims to permit married couples to use donor eggs or donor sperm for surrogacy — a move that provided a big relief to those with medical complications.
This revoked a previous amendment made in March 2023 that banned the use of such donor gametes.
Now, the modification allowing married couples to use a donor gamete on the condition that a District Magistrate Board certifies that either the husband or the wife suffers from a medical condition.
Last year, the 2023 amendment was challenged before the Supreme Court by a woman suffering from the Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) Syndrome.